["One shall stand... one shall fall..."]

["One shall stand... one shall fall..."]

(...)

"Again?"

"Somethings never change, my dear."

"Yeah, I know that..."

"Surprised?"

"No. Of course it doesn't mean I was expecting it to happen. But it doesn't surprise me. I knew it could happen."

"I also knew it... guess I just didn't want to believe it was possible. Still I don't understand how it happened."

"How was it?"

"Strange. It was like the first time. Too much doubts. Too much fear. A fustrating feeling of confusion about what to do next. And pain. A little pain still lurkin' around..."

"And now? I thought you were, once again, waging war against yourself..."

"And I am. That's the funny thing. Now... I don't know. Imagine the picture: two enemies that oppose each other every time... two enemies figthing in the battlefield of the Present. Behind them, a Past of happiness and sorrow and war. Towards them, an unknown Future where everything might be possible... and between them, an angel. A radiant angel."

"I see... Can the angel interfere? I mean, can she help one of the sides of that war?"

"Perhaps. If she really wants to, perhaps she can. But I don't know if she's willing to."

"And what if you know that?"

He smiled.

"Perhaps that was the only help one of the sides really needs... to win this war..."

(...)